Thaumaptilon
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thaumaptilon-211-2203734
title:
Thaumaptilon
text:
Thaumaptilon is a fossil genus of animals from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale which some authors have compared to members of the Ediacaran biota, generally believed to have disappeared at the start of the Cambrian, 539 million years ago. It was up to 20 cm long, and attached itself to the sea floor with a holdfast. Leaf-shaped, Thaumaptilon had a central axis extending to its tip, with many "ribs" radiating from it, in a similar manner to the ribs of a leaf. These may have had canals connecti
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of animals (fossil)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumaptilon
date created:
2007-03-04T19:42:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T21:37:49Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16